FINDING OF FUNDAMENTAL DISHONESTY AT TRIAL OVERTURNED ON APPEAL: THE TRIAL JUDGE WAS WRONG TO RELY ON AN INJURY THAT DID NOT FORM PART OF THE CLAIMANT'S PLEADED CASE

FINDING OF FUNDAMENTAL DISHONESTY AT TRIAL OVERTURNED ON APPEAL: THE TRIAL JUDGE WAS WRONG TO RELY ON AN INJURY THAT DID NOT FORM PART OF THE CLAIMANT’S PLEADED CASE

February 26, 2025 · by · in Appeals, Fundamental Dishonesty, Members Content, Personal Injury

I am grateful to Express Solicitors for sending me a copy of the judgment of HHK Baddeley in Robinson -v- UK Insurance Limited, a note that  case and of the judgment is available here -Robinson word . HHJ Baddeley was…

INTERIM PAYMENTS WHERE ONLY 50% OF DAMAGES ARE LIKELY TO BE RECOVERED: IS A HEAD OF FUTURE LOSS LIKELY TO BE CAPITALISED?

INTERIM PAYMENTS WHERE ONLY 50% OF DAMAGES ARE LIKELY TO BE RECOVERED: IS A HEAD OF FUTURE LOSS LIKELY TO BE CAPITALISED?

February 26, 2025 · by · in Applications, Civil Procedure, Clinical Negligence, Interim Payments, Members Content

In Lexi-Rae Speirs v St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2025] EWHC 337 (KB) Senior Master Cook considered the question of how the court should approach an application for an interim payment in a case where the claimant was only…